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Education Ministry installs chalkboards in communities
The Ministry of Education on Saturday installed a number of chalkboards in communities across Georgetown to engage students who do not have access to the internet or other learning materials.
The team led by Chief Education Officer Dr…
Over 100 deserving Guyanese turned away yearly from UG’s medical school
By Kurt Campbell
Over 80 Guyanese have been granted scholarships for entry into the Medical School of the University of Guyana this year but the country’s premier institution is giving early notice that it will have to turn away many of…
Child Care Agency wants those who put children to beg face the full force of the law
The Childcare Protection Agency (CPA) is lobbying to have parents, guardians and anyone who places a child in a vulnerable position, including forcing them to beg on the streets, be charged and face the full blunt of the law.
Director of…
Family seeks assistance after sole breadwinner severely beaten during robbery
One year after being severely beaten during a robbery, Somdatt Singh of Enmore, East Coast Demerara is still unable to work to support his family and now pleads for assistance. Singh, a father of two who worked as a fisherman, was beaten…
Five Success squatters occupy Government shelter
Five persons who were squatting at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) have now taken up shelter provided by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) at the Graham’s Hall Primary School, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
The CDC in a…
Students from Grades 10 and 11 likely to return to school first
Key officials at the Ministry of Education, including Minister Priya Manickchand, recently met with Regional Executive Officers (REO) and Regional Education Officers (REdO) across the country to discuss plans for the eventual re-opening of…
One person takes up shelter at Graham’s Hall Primary School
Two days after setting up a shelter for over 40 squatters displaced as a result of flooding at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD), only one person has taken up shelter at the Graham’s Hall Primary School located at Cummingslodge, ECD.…
Nandlall says elections petitions lacks merit; Harmon confident of a win
Two days before the Elections petitions filed by the APNU+AFC Opposition comes up for case management, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said the case is doomed to fail.
Nandlall told the media on the sidelines of an event at State…
Teachers’ failure to submit SBAs correctly led to ungraded CSEC, CAPE results– Edu. Minister
Twenty schools that received ungraded results in 15 subject areas at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) directly resulted from the teachers’ actions.…
CDC monitoring sinking oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said it is closely monitoring the Venezuelan oil tanker with 1.3 million barrels of crude oil which is leaning to one side off a remote stretch of Venezuela’s coast in the Gulf of Paria.
The Floating…